Pac-Hatton a "no-win" situation for me

[TitoFan]

Hatton wins, and his fans will claim he walks on water and will demand instant promotion to # 1 p4p, something he will not deserve for beating a fighter that belongs 10 pounds south of him.

Pacquiao wins, and the forum will be taken over by the insufferable Pac fans. Saddoboxers' posts will increase to 500-1000 per day, with 95% of all new threads being about Pac. The forum will have to be renamed.

Hmmm... I wonder which is the lesser of the two evils?

[XaduBoxer]

After PAC defeats Hatton, I will only start one PAC thread... promise...

But might be busy hyping up Clottey in the forum for the coming Clottey vs. Cotto unification fight in June...
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[ukansodoff]

I hope Hatton wins, I want him to and think he will, im a Hatton fan.

But i know who the better boxer is and its Pacquiao, but even the P4P king that he is can only take his skills so far before its a step too far.

And i think Hatton is that fight. And that is what that fight will prove. His strength will show against the smaller man and strength his Hattons game.
Even a Hatton fan like me knows the difference between beating the P4P king and taking that title from them

[Dark Lord Al]

Hatton wins, and his fans will claim he walks on water and will demand instant promotion to # 1 p4p, something he will not deserve for beating a fighter that belongs 10 pounds south of him.

Pacquiao wins, and the forum will be taken over by the insufferable Pac fans. Saddoboxers' posts will increase to 500-1000 per day, with 95% of all new threads being about Pac. The forum will have to be renamed.

Hmmm... I wonder which is the lesser of the two evils?

a good fight ending in a draw ?

[Gandalf]

A Hatton win would be the best result as far as I'm concerned. The excessive Pac hugging has turned me from finally managing to like him to just wanting him to lose. Though being a Hatton fan might be something to do with it too. Ahem. But you are right to object to any nonsense about Hatton being P4P No. 1. It's not a tenable argument and Hatton himself should stop saying it. He would be back in the top 5 IMO, maybe another top Hatton win would send him further up. But beating Pac is not enough for any silly top P4P claims.

On consideration I do not think many Hatton fans on here would even make such exaggerated claims. The win and a decent standing would more than suffice.

[Conrad]

A Hatton win would be the best result as far as I'm concerned. The excessive Pac hugging has turned me from finally managing to like him to just wanting him to lose. Though being a Hatton fan might be something to do with it too. Ahem. But you are right to object to any nonsense about Hatton being P4P No. 1. It's not a tenable argument and Hatton himself should stop saying it. He would be back in the top 5 IMO, maybe another top Hatton win would send him further up. But beating Pac is not enough for any silly top P4P claims.

On consideration I do not think many Hatton fans on here would even make such exaggerated claims. The win and a decent standing would more than suffice.

Agreed.

I too wish Hatton would stop saying he's fighting for Manny's P4P title, it's not like the Ring belt is it?

I wonder if he actually believes he'll be P4P No1 if he wins. If he followed up a Pac win with a JMM win then only then could he even be considered as No1. And even then I feel he'd need to beat somebody else of note to be P4P king.

[littlebif]

Only way Hatton gets to P4P1 is if he beats Pacman then JMM.

[Gandalf]

Yeah, a win over both Manny and JMM might put him there. Im still cynical though because I see both Manny and JMM as smaller guys stepping up which perhaps detracts a little. Definitely way up on there though, another big win then no doubt its his position finally. Take a lot of hard work that though!!

[Dean Duke]

A Hatton win would be the best result as far as I'm concerned. The excessive Pac hugging has turned me from finally managing to like him to just wanting him to lose. Though being a Hatton fan might be something to do with it too. Ahem. But you are right to object to any nonsense about Hatton being P4P No. 1. It's not a tenable argument and Hatton himself should stop saying it. He would be back in the top 5 IMO, maybe another top Hatton win would send him further up. But beating Pac is not enough for any silly top P4P claims.

On consideration I do not think many Hatton fans on here would even make such exaggerated claims. The win and a decent standing would more than suffice.

Agreed.

I too wish Hatton would stop saying he's fighting for Manny's P4P title, it's not like the Ring belt is it?

I wonder if he actually believes he'll be P4P No1 if he wins. If he followed up a Pac win with a JMM win then only then could he even be considered as No1. And even then I feel he'd need to beat somebody else of note to be P4P king.

I concur, we are not all nut hugging Hattonites but support our guy in a respectfull way, Ricky's not the second coming, he has his faults, and fights with his heart on his sleeve and always give's it his all win or loose and thats what we ask for, an honest performance. If Ricky wins he won't be pfp champ just top five max, then if he can move on and beat JMM and another top 10 pfp lber he may have chance at being in that position, its a lot of ifs and buts and somthing for discussion in the fall or later

[Saddo]

For me Ricky has all to lose and nothing to gain in this fight where as its a win win for PAC....

if Ricky wins... big deal he beat up a little guy.
if he loses... i would say hes finished.

if pac wins... hes moved out of his comfort weight and beat the best...great achivement.

if he loses... no biggie IMO

[TitoFan]

A Hatton win would be the best result as far as I'm concerned. The excessive Pac hugging has turned me from finally managing to like him to just wanting him to lose. Though being a Hatton fan might be something to do with it too. Ahem. But you are right to object to any nonsense about Hatton being P4P No. 1. It's not a tenable argument and Hatton himself should stop saying it. He would be back in the top 5 IMO, maybe another top Hatton win would send him further up. But beating Pac is not enough for any silly top P4P claims.

On consideration I do not think many Hatton fans on here would even make such exaggerated claims. The win and a decent standing would more than suffice.

Well said, my friend. Whereas I've yet to read a disclaimer from a Pac fan saying he wouldn't place Pacquiao a micro-notch below God if he were to beat Hatton. Which of course might eventually turn me against Pac as well. Only reason I've hung on to some sort of Pac-fandom thus far was his humiliation of De La Hoya, whom everyone here knows is not on my Christmas card list of fighters.

[Spicoli]

Hatton wins, and his fans will claim he walks on water and will demand instant promotion to # 1 p4p, something he will not deserve for beating a fighter that belongs 10 pounds south of him.

Pacquiao wins, and the forum will be taken over by the insufferable Pac fans. Saddoboxers' posts will increase to 500-1000 per day, with 95% of all new threads being about Pac. The forum will have to be renamed.

Hmmm... I wonder which is the lesser of the two evils?

Well...you can always hope to witness history with a double knockout ??

Actually,I dont see the Hatton bunch as infatuated with lust as much as The Pac kool-aid drinkers acting as if hes the only fighter of note out of the homeland.Im picking Hatton.....then again I did with Mayweather as well

[skel1983]

Hatton loses i think he takes on winner of Bradley/Holt for one last fight as he can still generate millions from UK Tv and gate receipts, win in style hoepfully!! Then retire, if he wins has to be Marquez.